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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

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You have to be a pregnant woman in the morning and a retired trucker in the afternoon. MwP is Powered by… Sign up now and get access to exclusive content, deals and discounts, sneak previews and all sorts of secret stuff you wont want to miss. You should know a little about everything. Be a quick study. Always do your homework.

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Are Your Friends Sabotaging Your Business?

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As much as I love my friends and don’t blame them in any way for requesting discounted (or pro bono) services, I realised my principle to be a “good friend&# led me into making some bad business decisions. If 2 out of those 6 hours are given away, it just cost me 33% of my potential income. Eeek, that’s higher than tax!

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

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Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. Businesspeople understand investment, as opposed to cost. Prices always tend towards marginal costs. We’re bloggers. Most bloggers are cheap-asses.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

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Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? I think that’s what we’re there for. It’s funny. laughs] You wouldn’t be very happy, eh?

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